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[quote=Anonymous]I have taught at an Ivy, a top public research school, and also UMBC.  I am totally bemused by the parent conversations on here.  The quality of the education was much better at UMBC - the Ivy profs were zoned out and going through the motions because they don't care about teaching (it's the least important part of our job), the public research school was OK, pretty good but not amazing.  The quality of the students was basically the same at al 3- I was surprised at how poor the students at the top-20 schools were at writing, for example.  I would rather send my own daughter to UMBC over the Ivy any day, because of greater diversity, and more real people, just nicer, not trying to compete all the time.  The students at the Ivy seemed like stressed-out robots who weren't discovering themselves, and the Greek thing seemed toxic to women; the whole experience seemed designed to keep them from becoming actual adults.  I think that if your child is smart and creative, they'll be able to make a good life with any reasonably good degree / brand name.[/quote]

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